Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II. Here's where the plane is now.

Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War II, is now a museum exhibit.

The atomic bomb, a world-changing invention, inflicted suffering and launched the nuclear age

The printing press, the lightbulb, the internal combustion engine and the computer moved the world into a mostly better ...

Can A Nuclear Reactor Explode Like An Atomic Bomb?

Nuclear reactors and atomic bombs both rely on nuclear fission, but does that mean that a reactor could turn into an atomic ...

The US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on this day in 1945. Haunting photos show what happened.

On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
The New Yorker

The Atomic Bombs’ Forgotten Korean Victims

Tanaka Terumi was thirteen years old when the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, in August, 1945. The blast knocked him unconscious. After he came to, he and his mother walked ...
New York Post

80 years ago, the A-bomb saved countless lives — but now we must defend against nukes

Eighty years ago, in one of the most consequential understatements of all time, Emperor Hirohito told the people of Japan that “the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage.” ...

Iran found a "more powerful weapon than a nuclear bomb"—And it's working

A former Navy official described Iran's Strait of Hormuz leverage as, "in some ways, a more powerful weapon than a nuclear ...
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How Switzerland became the nuclear bomb shelter capital of the world

Switzerland is home to over 370,000 nuclear bomb shelters. The historically neutral nation guarantees each of its 9 million citizens a spot in case of an emergency.

Scientists Found a Strange New Material Born in the Fireball of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb

Locked inside glassy fallout particles, the strange alloy could only form in a nuclear blast.